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I have a breeding pair that has recently started laying eggs. I have a two month old gecko living in a ten gallon set up and some eggs that should hatch any day now. I was wondering if I could but the just hatched geckos with my two-month-old, or if he would try to hurt them. Assuming I can't, does anyone have a way to house geckos without much space? I have a whole room full of herps but it's almost full.

Thx, Jamie

Sorry but the 2 month old will try to eat the babies. I would suggest getting the money for another 10gal and finding someplace to put it. If you can't do that you may have to either find a new home for the 2 month old or any of your other herps. You could try using tank dividers but you'll have to make them not see-through.

If you are so tight on space then why are even bothering with incubating the eggs? It's not cruel to toss them into the trash because isn't neglecting the babies even worse? If you plan on finding homes for them later on that's fine but don't make things too hard for you or your animals.

honestly, i probably wouldnt even have an adult gold dust in a ten by itself. ive bred mad mads and standings for years, if youre a day gecko breeder youre always going to run out of room. the key is to keep them in small plastic containers. Besides, theyre cheaper, easier to work with, and take up a fraction of space. the most important issues with housing baby day geckos are being able to keep track of the food you put in and keeping the humidity up. they really dont need that much room.

You mean something smaller than a 10gal right? The smallest I would go with is a 5gal and I feel that's pushing it for an adult. Maybe I'm the only one who feels this way but I like giving my animals as much space as possible. If I had an extensive breeding program I would raise babies in small tanks but as they get bigger so would their tank. If you can't sell them and you are stuck with too many adults than you need to reconsider something.

I used to breed more P. laticauda than I knew what to do with. They were laying 2 eggs every couple weeks and I was giving them away to anyone that would take them.

In my experience, you CANNOT keep the babies togehter in a small container unless they are about identical in size. The problem is not them trying to "eat" each other though, it's a problem of aggressive/territorial behavior. Although I've always found the more mature animals are fine in small groups, the juveniles are extremely aggressive toward each other. The larger ones will bully the smaller ones to death if you don't keep them apart.

BTW, I am currently looking for a new cb male to use for breeding. If anyone has any leads, please let me know who I should talk to.